Korfer Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Korfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Korfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
France41:16,605,680368,153
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Körfer (1,468) are calculated separately.

Korfer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Korfer Come From? nationality or country of origin

Korfer occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Körfer. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Korfer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,307,654th most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Korfer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Korfer reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 43 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,876,353. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Limburg, where 100 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 24 percent are found and France, where 19 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Körfer941,468/
Koerfer92333/
Korffer921/
Korfe91117/
Koerffer8638/
Korfeh83636/
Kurfer8357/
Korfee8327/
Korfei8321/
Korfes8319/
Korfey8312/
Karfer833/
Korfie832/
Korfir831/
Korfea831/
Kerfer831/
Korfed831/
Körffer7726/
Korffeh7719/
Corfier7712/
Khorfei777/
Karpfer775/
Karfear773/
Korfair772/
Kerffer772/
Kourfed771/
Courfer771/
Korfhee771/
Keerfer771/
Karfe731,160/
Corfe73567/
Korfi73347/
Korfa7388/
Korfy731/
Corwferd710/
Corfee67157/
Karfes67127/
Corfey6754/
Corfei6727/
Carfer6718/
Korfii6716/
Khorfi6714/
Karfee677/
Korffa676/
Körferová674/
Kerfir674/
Kourfa673/
Karfeh673/
Korpfa672/
Karfey672/
Karfie671/
Corfeh671/
Karffe671/
Kharfe671/
Korfoa671/
Korffi671/
Corfea671/
Corfes671/
Kourfi671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Korfer
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